diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/index.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/index.ts
index f56e3074cc..4328de07ba 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/index.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ export {ComponentDecoratorHandler} from './src/component';
 export {DirectiveDecoratorHandler} from './src/directive';
 export {InjectableDecoratorHandler} from './src/injectable';
 export {NgModuleDecoratorHandler} from './src/ng_module';
+export {PipeDecoratorHandler} from './src/pipe';
 export {CompilationScope, SelectorScopeRegistry} from './src/selector_scope';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/pipe.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..365d1ce33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/annotations/src/pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {Expression, ExpressionType, LiteralExpr, R3DependencyMetadata, R3InjectableMetadata, R3ResolvedDependencyType, WrappedNodeExpr, compileInjectable as compileIvyInjectable} from '@angular/compiler';
+import * as ts from 'typescript';
+
+import {Decorator, ReflectionHost} from '../../host';
+import {AnalysisOutput, CompileResult, DecoratorHandler} from '../../transform';
+
+import {isAngularCore} from './util';
+
+export class PipeDecoratorHandler implements DecoratorHandler<string> {
+  constructor(private reflector: ReflectionHost, private isCore: boolean) {}
+
+  detect(decorator: Decorator[]): Decorator|undefined {
+    return decorator.find(
+        decorator => decorator.name === 'Pipe' && (this.isCore || isAngularCore(decorator)));
+  }
+
+  analyze(node: ts.ClassDeclaration, decorator: Decorator): AnalysisOutput<string> {
+    return {
+      analysis: 'test',
+    };
+  }
+
+  compile(node: ts.ClassDeclaration, analysis: string): CompileResult {
+    return {
+      name: 'ngPipeDef',
+      initializer: new LiteralExpr(null),
+      statements: [],
+      type: new ExpressionType(new LiteralExpr(null)),
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
index bd3dcb537c..314718e948 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/program.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
 import * as api from '../transformers/api';
 
-import {ComponentDecoratorHandler, DirectiveDecoratorHandler, InjectableDecoratorHandler, NgModuleDecoratorHandler, SelectorScopeRegistry} from './annotations';
+import {ComponentDecoratorHandler, DirectiveDecoratorHandler, InjectableDecoratorHandler, NgModuleDecoratorHandler, PipeDecoratorHandler, SelectorScopeRegistry} from './annotations';
 import {CompilerHost} from './compiler_host';
 import {TypeScriptReflectionHost} from './metadata';
 import {IvyCompilation, ivyTransformFactory} from './transform';
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export class NgtscProgram implements api.Program {
       new DirectiveDecoratorHandler(checker, reflector, scopeRegistry, isCore),
       new InjectableDecoratorHandler(reflector, isCore),
       new NgModuleDecoratorHandler(checker, reflector, scopeRegistry, isCore),
+      new PipeDecoratorHandler(reflector, isCore),
     ];
 
     const coreImportsFrom = isCore && getR3SymbolsFile(this.tsProgram) || null;